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Michigan City, IN  (MCYI3)  41° 43´ 43" N,   86° 54´ 45" W

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Conditions at 10:36 am CST on 12/24/2025 (DOY 358 16:36 GMT)
(Updated every 15 minutes)
Wind Speed:   6.2 kts   (3.2 m/s)
Max Wind Speed:   8.4 kts   (4.3 m/s)
Wind Direction:   133° (SE)
Air Temperature:   39.7 °F   (4.3 °C)
Wind Chill:   34.7 °F   (1.5 °C)
Dew Point:   31.6 °F   (-0.2 °C)
Relative Humidity:   72.5 %
PAR:   328 uEinst/m2/sec
Station Pressure:   29.586 in Hg.   (1001.9 mb)
Sea Level Pressure:   30.301 in Hg.   (1026.1 mb)
Data & Plots of Previous 3 Hours (2 minute increments)
Data & Plots of Previous 5 Days (hourly increments)
         1 Day Windrose Plot, 5 Day Windrose Plot, (explanation)         
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(images in summer updated every 30 minutes,
in winter at 8:33a, 12:33p, 2:33p, and 4:33p CST)

[Live Webcam Image from Michigan City, IN Met Station Camera 1]

[Live Webcam Image from Michigan City, IN Met Station Camera 2]

[Live Webcam Image from Michigan City, IN Met Station Camera 3]

12-hr animations:  1  2  3
Previous 48 images:  1  2  3
All Images (past 10 days)

Nearby Webcam (external site):
Michigan City, IN courtesy of WeatherBug.com

-------------- Previous 18 Hours (at top of hour)  [English] [Metric] --------------
YEARDOY CST Wind
Spd
m/s 		Wind
Gust
m/s 		Peak
Wind
m/s 		Wind
Dir
deg 		Air
Tmp
C 		Dew
Pt
C 		Rel
Hum
% 		Sta
Press
mb 		PAR
uE/
m2/s
20253581000 4.6 5.3 7.0 131 4.0 0.2 76.41002.2 329
20253580900 3.1 4.2 7.4 127 2.7 2.7 100.01002.5 164
20253580800 1.3 1.9 4.9 096 1.7 1.7 99.91003.2 0
20253580700 2.3 2.6 3.0 064 2.0 2.0 99.91002.8 0
20253580600 3.3 3.7 4.2 066 2.5 2.5 99.91002.5 0
20253580500 4.4 4.9 5.6 069 3.4 3.4 100.01002.1 0
20253580400 2.9 3.0 4.6 063 3.8 3.8 99.91002.4 0
20253580300 5.9 6.1 6.1 024 4.6 4.6 100.01002.2 0
20253580200 5.2 5.4 7.1 013 4.5 4.5 99.91002.2 0
20253580100 5.4 5.6 6.3 012 4.9 4.9 100.01001.2 0
20253580000 5.7 6.1 6.2 009 5.0 5.0 100.01000.5 0
20253572300 3.0 3.4 6.3 354 4.6 4.6 100.01000.3 0
20253572200 1.9 2.6 3.5 261 5.0 5.0 99.9 999.8 0
20253572100 3.4 3.6 3.6 247 4.4 4.4 99.9 999.0 0
20253572000 4.1 4.2 4.8 249 5.3 5.1 98.6 998.2 0
20253571900 3.2 3.3 5.0 225 5.9 3.7 85.8 998.0 0
20253571800 1.3 1.4 3.2 203 5.7 3.0 82.8 996.9 0
20253571700 0.4 0.5 1.4 117 6.7 2.7 75.7 997.0 0
Note: Peak wind is max wind gust during entire hour
Note: Wind chill is set to -99 if air temp > 40 F or wind speed < 3 mph

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The NDBC station ID for this station is: MCYI3
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